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The EMNES Activity Report 2015-2019 has been published and offers very interesting and practical information and statistical data to the readers.
This sixteen-page document goes over the events organised by EMNES and the topics of the publications that were released during this period. It presents…

The analysis of labour supply in South Mediterranean Countries indicates that only a package of long term policies can foster employment creation. The quality of education systems needs to be improved to deliver good employees for companies and, potentially, new entrepreneurs. Social security…

Whether you are just starting to work in Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and you need an overview of the European Union’s institutional set-up and the role EU Delegations play for CSOs in your country, or if you would like to deepen your knowledge about political dialogue with the EU, EU…

The objective of this policy brief is to formulate a policy roadmap to untap the potential for employment creation by MSMEs in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs), with a particular focus on Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia – building on the findings of four years of research on…

The fifth European Migration Forum took place on 3-4 April 2019.
The main outcome from the Forum is a set of 10 recommendations from five different workshops, adopted by the participants. This is the first time the European Migration Forum has issued recommendations. These recommendations will be…

This policy brief reviews the state of legal migration across the Mediterranean: it examines the existing migration links between the South Med countries and the EU, attempts to uncover the obstacles to legal migration and suggests ways to improve migration management.
The authors argue that, if…

The report presents EED’s work in the area of independent media, and reflects on lessons learned during six years of media and democracy support.
Published to coincide with the ‘Global Conference for Media Freedom: London 2019’ organised by the UK and Canadian governments, this key report offers…

The objective of this policy brief is to examine the status of global value chains (GVCs) on the two shores of the Mediterranean and provide some insights on how to enhance regional integration.
We argue that GVCs will help firms improve their productivity, that SMEs will become more sustainable…

The objective of this policy paper is twofold. First, it analyses how non-tariff measures (NTMs) became more protectionist than tariffs. Second, it provides some policy options to address NTMs in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs) in order to unleash their trade potential.
Recent…

This paper provides a critical examination of the cooperation in the field of Science, Technology and Innovation between the European Union and the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries.
It provides an overview of the main features of this cooperation and then focuses on two of the main…

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The EU Neighbours portal is part of the OPEN Neighbourhood Programme. Launched in November 2015 for a period of four years, the Programme builds up on the previous EU Neighbourhood Info Centre and seeks to raise awareness, increase knowledge and understanding of the European Neighbourhood Policy.